School: Béal Átha Lúibe, Cahir (roll number 9856)
- Location:
- Ballylooby, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mícheál Ceitinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0572, Page 211
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- It is time enough to bid the devil good morrow when you meet him.
It is a poor heart that never rejoices
Beauty never keeps the pot boiling.
Handsome is who handsome does.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Trot daddy , trot mammie, trot foaleen as well as any.
One year's seeding is ten year's weeding.
It is hard to knock blood out of a turnip.
What could one expect from a pig but a grunt.
There is a fool or a lady in every family.
The more, the merrier.
God never made a mouth without making something to put into it (referring to large families)
Give anything to God with one hand and you will get it back into the other
There is no use crying over spilt milk.
Every hen dies in debt.
Every dog has his day.
He that has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, but he that has an enemy shall meet him everywhere.(continues on next page)
